School: Carysfort, Arklow

Location:
Arklow, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
T. E. McAdoo
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  1. A cure for warts
    To cure warts, get a snail and rub it on them. Then hang the snail on a blackthorn to dry. When the snail dries the warts disappear.
    Jackie Hannan. 15th September 1938
    Told to me by
    Mrs Hannan
    Shelton Gardens
    Arklow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. warts (~307)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jackie Hannan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Shelton, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mrs Hannan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Shelton, Co. Wicklow
  2. A cure for black-leg in cattle.
    When one of the animals dies, get one of its legs and hang it in the chimney, and as long as the animal's leg remains in the chimney, there will not be any more cases with black-leg.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.